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Innovia Sells Cellophane Business to Futamura

(News | New Products)

April 10, 2016, With the sale, Innovia plans to concentrate its focus on polymer bank notes and its BOPP films business WIGTON, CUMBRIA. UK | Innovia Group, the global supplier of high-tech film products for industrial ...

Klöckner Pentaplast Expands at Site in Germany

(Label/Tape)

March 18, 2016, ... at the Gendorf, Germany, film production site. The expansion will have multiple polymer capabilities to meet what company says is the growing demand of the shrink label marketplace and will begin production ...

Carestream Contract Manufacturing Adds Capabilities

(Coating/Laminating)

January 26, 2016, ...  • Improved polymer solution casting techniques to enable the custom manufacture of high-performance films for exacting market applications, including polyurethane films for wound care components, medical ...

Screw Design for Film Extrusion

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 11, 2016, It probably goes without saying that extrusion is the most fundamental of all polymer processing operations. This article looks behind the scenes at designing and building extruder screws. The screw ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ... by building the flat top digital dot directly into the plate, resulting in increased productivity and consistency. Cyrel EASY plates are based upon a new polymer that produces higher ink transfer and higher ...

Sleeve Labels | Technology Developments Drive Innovation and Sustainability

(Label/Tape)

November 17, 2015, ...  The day-to-day activities of detection, removal, and sorting of film sleeves and plastic containers, without polymer cross-contamination, become increasingly complex as applications expand—but, by working ...

Constantia Flexibles Opens Film R&D Center

(Flexpack)

November 14, 2015, The new Competence Center will provide company with R&D to support new products and study long-term trends in polymer films and film laminates VIENNA, AUSTRIA | Constantia Flexibles has opened a new, ...

Optimum Plastics Adds Extrusion Line

(Flexpack)

October 26, 2015, ... of producing custom cast embossed film in up to five layers and can run multiple resin grades including polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, and various specialty polymers. It is anticipated the line will ...

Nordson Announces Nine-Manifold Die

(Flexpack)

October 21, 2015, Die reportedly provides tight tolerances and enables processors to run thinner layers of costly specialty materials CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | Nordson Corporation reports that an EDI nine-manifold flat die, ...

ACTEGA Kelstar Adds Blister Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2015, ... specialty coatings portfolio. The water-based copolymer blister coating technology incorporates a polyurethane base combined with a percentage of acrylics said to promote excellent adhesion over the wide ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... doctor blade. MicroTip is a modified lamella tip that allows for a finer contact area with the anilox roll on mid-high line screens. The tip configuration combiend with a new generation polymer material ...

CPI Installs Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

(Coating/Laminating)

July 14, 2015, ... protection layers to flexible polymer substrates used to produce optoelectronic devices using sensitive active electronic materials. Company says thin films produced using the ALD method are cost-efficient, ...

Web Lines | When Do Small Rollers and Cores Cause Defects?

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2015, ... over a roller for a few milli-seconds is different than bending over a core for a week. Polymers flow viscoelastically in long time scales. Thick webs with low yield strains will need bigger roller diameters. ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... range of polymers suitable for replicating many molding processes are available. More are under development. Aqueous inks in combination with layered powders produce both positive and negative structures—the ...

CPP EXPO Reports on Conference Agenda

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2015, ... engineering usually requires days. Inkjet is remarkable in being suitable for the very small and the very large. With UV cure inks a sizable range of polymers suitable for replicating many molding processes ...

Bio Coffee Launches with Compostable Film

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2015, ... comprising a white metallized high barrier NatureFlex outer layer laminated to a bio-polymer sealant inner layer, providing high seal strength and integrity. Working in collaboration with Goglio, an ...

On Print | UV/EB Inkjet for Food Packaging

(On Print)

May 11, 2015, ... groups, so they will become part of the polymer on curing, a great advantage given that, for obvious reasons, polymers don’t move. Additionally, the cure rates for EB are high. The only drawback of EB ...

COMET Group Acquires PCT Engineered Systems

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2015, ... closely with PCT the firm for the last five years, and in 2014 the two companies developed an ebeam-equipped system for the functionalization of polymer films and the curing of inks and coatings. COMET ...

Cortec Film Offers Protection for Metal Parts

(Materials)

April 22, 2015, ... polymer from UV exposure and prevent degradation, company adds. Film, said to eliminate disposal costs, is described as economical and ideally suited for transit, staging, and lay-up of critical equipment, ...

Drytac Offers Self-Adhesive Print Vinyl

(Materials)

April 11, 2015, ... premium polymeric self-adhesive print vinyl said to have a high quality, gray crosslinking acrylic adhesive. Available in a matte and gloss finish with both permanent and removable adhesive versions, product ...